tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2227956612163377246..comments2017-08-18T00:11:31.946-05:00Comments on Althouse: Sarah Palin: "Juan Williams: Going Rogue."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84199066246693751162010-10-24T01:21:20.714-05:002010-10-24T01:21:20.714-05:00&quot;$1.8 million from liberal philanthropist Geo...&quot;<i>$1.8 million from liberal philanthropist George Soros to hire 100 new reporters.</i>&quot;<br /><br />Wow, I had no idea reporters were so poorly paid!Kirk Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921711310191924997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37063611122880741262010-10-22T16:05:57.998-05:002010-10-22T16:05:57.998-05:00No, you&#39;re too bone-stupid to understand his p...<i>No, you&#39;re too bone-stupid to understand his point, which is that citing a statute as justification for the existence of the *same statute* is the very definition of circular reasoning.</i><br /><br />Ah, you guys have never read many statutes before. I get it. Pity you&#39;re both too bone lazy to look it up. There&#39;s a beautiful, comprehensive policy justification to fund public broadcasting with our tax dollars.<br /><br />Further, if some of these premises are no longer valid, you would have the joy of constructing arguments on those points.<br /><br />But you fellows can&#39;t be arsed.former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68065747959947804912010-10-22T15:56:22.936-05:002010-10-22T15:56:22.936-05:00It was in this millennium that the Mexican War tax...It was in this millennium that the Mexican War tax was repealed. <br /><br />If they kill CPB now, they&#39;re ahead of the game! It&#39;d be a virtual tsunami of government slashing!blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7568410217007171552010-10-22T15:24:38.397-05:002010-10-22T15:24:38.397-05:00Former Law Student wrote:
Ah. I guess a lot of you...Former Law Student wrote:<br />Ah. I guess a lot of you weren&#39;t around in 1967. 47 USC 396 provides your answers.<br /><br />The reason Congress shouldn&#39;t defund it is... 43 years ago, Congress voted to fund it?<br /><br />What an unusual brain you possess.<br /><br><br />That was before my time. That was the time when there was no internet, no cell phones, no pcs or laptops, and music came on these things called records.<br />Is the argument that because something was funded close to a half century go it should continue in perpetuity? Perhaps NPR and congress can join the modern world and not the world of 50 years ago.jr565https://www.blogger.com/profile/07630491937904835553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23133828367586157732010-10-22T12:19:43.749-05:002010-10-22T12:19:43.749-05:00No, you&#39;re too bone-stupid to understand his p...<i>No, you&#39;re too bone-stupid to understand his point, which is that citing a statute as justification for the existence of the *same statute* is the very definition of circular reasoning.</i><br /><br />I honestly didn&#39;t think the point would be that hard to spot, but FLS always rises to a challenge.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12410318351200212462010-10-22T11:43:09.696-05:002010-10-22T11:43:09.696-05:00Mr. Williams repeatedly violated his professional ...<i>Mr. Williams repeatedly violated his professional contract with NPR despite warnings about his violations. </i><br /><br />Prove that.Fenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734571593963330215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47975797037487343392010-10-22T11:41:08.481-05:002010-10-22T11:41:08.481-05:00It&#39;s very hard to back away from telling someo...<i>It&#39;s very hard to back away from telling someone they should be seeing a psychiatrist</i><br /><br />I don&#39;t think was advising him to get help.<br /><br />I think she was revealing his private medical history on national television. <br /><br />Malice.Fenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734571593963330215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34271570426623890562010-10-22T11:20:56.079-05:002010-10-22T11:20:56.079-05:00Revenant is too bone-lazy to look up a statute. I ...<i>Revenant is too bone-lazy to look up a statute. I blame his no-doubt-influenced-by-Dr.-Spock parents.<br /><br /></i>No, you&#39;re too bone-stupid to understand his point, which is that citing a statute as justification for the existence of the *same statute* is the very definition of circular reasoning.Sofa Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659133819240484346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85748331532833759542010-10-22T09:28:35.895-05:002010-10-22T09:28:35.895-05:00You only make such simpleton comments because you&...<i>You only make such simpleton comments because you&#39;re ignorant.</i><br /><br />Let me put Nina&#39;s statement in context for you:<br /><br />The Ryan White act to fund care and treatment for impoverished AIDS patients was coming up for renewal.<br /><br />Jesse Helms said, in effect: &quot;Fuck the AIDS patients. AIDS is God&#39;s punishment for letting men fuck them in the ass.&quot;<br /><br />At which point Nina Totenburg observed:<br /><br />“I think he ought to be worried about what’s going on in the Good Lord’s mind, because if there is retributive justice, he’ll get AIDS from a transfusion, or one of his grandchildren will get it.”<br /><br />Meaning that any innocent person -- like the eponymous Ryan White -- could get AIDS from a transfusion, and that apparently Jesse Helms could learn this only from direct experience.former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31843326942723754212010-10-22T09:21:28.096-05:002010-10-22T09:21:28.096-05:00&quot;If it isn&#39;t reliant on public funds... w...<i>&quot;If it isn&#39;t reliant on public funds... why are we giving it public funds? If it is self-supporting, let it self-support.&quot;<br /><br />Ah. I guess a lot of you weren&#39;t around in 1967. 47 USC 396 provides your answers.<br /><br />The reason Congress shouldn&#39;t defund it is... 43 years ago, Congress voted to fund it?<br /><br />What an unusual brain you possess.<br /><br /></i><br />Revenant is too bone-lazy to look up a statute. I blame his no-doubt-influenced-by-Dr.-Spock parents.former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15077556333251955722010-10-22T09:16:41.208-05:002010-10-22T09:16:41.208-05:00Juan Williams is supposed to be a REPORTER, not a ...<i>Juan Williams is supposed to be a REPORTER, not a commentator. <br /><br />Um, he was on O&#39;Reilly as a &quot;contributor&quot;<br /><br />Not a reporter.<br /><br />Ignorance is a virtue for you leftists.<br /></i><br /><br />I&#39;ll explain by way of analogy -- hopefully JAY can comprehend:<br /><br />Sundays through Fridays, Juan Williams is a faithful wife (to NPR) and mother.<br /><br />Saturday Juan goes down to the cocktail lounge (Fox) and sluts it up.<br /><br />NPR asks how Juan can be a whore on Saturday and a chaste matron the rest of the week, and divorces Juan.former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49797741734677529112010-10-22T09:03:29.640-05:002010-10-22T09:03:29.640-05:00Smooth move NPR. Remind everyone you are a useless...Smooth move NPR. Remind everyone you are a useless tax parasite in front of the biggest anti-spending tsunami ever. I&#39;ll bet that&#39;s a thing you didn&#39;t consider.Comrade Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12133279828547003387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5798769323492353502010-10-22T08:57:10.350-05:002010-10-22T08:57:10.350-05:00That or they double down.
It&#39;s very hard to...That or they double down. <br /><br />It&#39;s very hard to back away from telling someone they should be seeing a psychiatrist. <br /><br />That one stung; the clip of O-Reilly discussing it with Williams suggests that the comment was a real knife in the back.<br /><br />It would take about 2 six-packs to make the average guy forget that level of cruelty. And then only for the night. <br /><br />The next morning you remember, and you now have a killer headache.<br /><br />So I&#39;ve heard.Pogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25989733657511511602010-10-22T08:44:18.242-05:002010-10-22T08:44:18.242-05:00Pogo:
How many hours before NPR and Vivian Schill...Pogo:<br /><br />How many hours before NPR and Vivian Schiller begin back pedaling? I bet by Monday- shoot the President may have to have another beer summit where everyone speaks very softly.AJ Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241724007440718575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71054631821513900462010-10-22T08:37:50.821-05:002010-10-22T08:37:50.821-05:00&quot;It means NPR takes a different approach, one...<i>&quot;It means NPR takes a different approach, one that&#39;s not for everyone.</i>&quot;<br /><br />Great; I agree.<br /><br />Then they shouldn&#39;t be <i>funded</i> by everyone through taxes.<br /><br />Surely they won&#39;t miss a minuscule &quot;2-3%&quot; of public funding of NPR or any public radio or TV station.<br /><br />Fly, little bird!<br />Fly on your own!Pogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87347202323857588872010-10-22T08:31:56.442-05:002010-10-22T08:31:56.442-05:00The essence of Mr. Williams&#39; &#39;crime&#39; w...The essence of Mr. Williams&#39; &#39;crime&#39; was not his hack punditry, as incompetent as he may have been. Mr. Williams repeatedly violated his professional contract with NPR despite warnings about his violations. He attempted to play both ends against the middle with NPR and Fox for personal gain. His behavior was unprofessional, not politically incorrect. <br /><br />As for NPR, it’s fairly simple - they don’t want one of its commentators to suggest that profiling is reasonable or acceptable - because so much of the rest of the media regularly talk that way.<br />Part of our tradition has always been a loud, angry and confrontational media. It isn’t going anywhere. NPR simply feels there&#39;s also room for an alternative. That doesn&#39;t mean NPR is trying to silence anyone. Including Williams, who doing just fine, now at Fox, thank you. It means NPR takes a different approach, one that&#39;s not for everyone.khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508252553364823213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75861176034715494592010-10-22T08:31:45.952-05:002010-10-22T08:31:45.952-05:00Conservatives should organize a crew of people to ...Conservatives should organize a crew of people to follow and film NPR execs &amp; NPR news readers when they give speeches to document the opinions they express. Turnabout is fair play.AJ Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241724007440718575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64560850788867432372010-10-22T08:24:04.599-05:002010-10-22T08:24:04.599-05:00Who knew that Juan Williams was just another foe o...Who knew that Juan Williams was just another foe of Garrison Keillor, a <i>&#39;nihilist in golf pants, ninja dittohead, tax cheat, cheese merchant, cat strangler, lizardskin cigar monkey, a brownshirt in pinstripes</i>&#39;?<br /><br />And him on NPR almost 10 years.<br />The nerve of the guy!<br /><br />Remember, Juan, Keillor sez that <i>&quot;liberalism is the politics of kindness. Liberals stand for tolerance, magnanimity, community spirit, the defense of the weak against the powerful, love of learning, freedom of belief, art and poetry, city life, the very things that make America worth dying for.&quot;</i>&quot;<br /><br />And you jes&#39; been whupped upside the head with the cluebat of liberal kindness.<br /><br />Remember to thank them!<br />And be sure to call in your pledge to NPR.<br />It <i>is</i> pledge week, after all.Pogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90496332224287889222010-10-22T08:17:24.110-05:002010-10-22T08:17:24.110-05:00NPR just looks left
Hysterical.
Here is Nina Tot...<i>NPR just looks left</i><br /><br />Hysterical.<br /><br />Here is Nina Totenberg on Senator Jesse Helms: <br /><br /><i>“I think he ought to be worried about what’s going on in the Good Lord’s mind, because if there is retributive justice, he’ll get AIDS from a transfusion, or one of his grandchildren will get it.”</i><br /><br />You only make such simpleton comments because you&#39;re ignorant.<br /><br />Sad, really.JAYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230279466090965141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25535421747187414832010-10-22T08:14:14.606-05:002010-10-22T08:14:14.606-05:00Juan Williams is supposed to be a REPORTER, not a ...<i>Juan Williams is supposed to be a REPORTER, not a commentator. </i><br /><br />Um, he was on O&#39;Reilly as a &quot;<i>contributor</i>&quot;<br /><br />Not a reporter.<br /><br />Ignorance is a virtue for you leftists.JAYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230279466090965141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12056332664813547522010-10-22T08:13:12.837-05:002010-10-22T08:13:12.837-05:00Freedom of speech is not at issue
Well, except fo...<i>Freedom of speech is not at issue</i><br /><br />Well, except for the fact that a &quot;public&quot; entity funded by the government is censoring speech.JAYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230279466090965141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40037008400996131332010-10-22T08:08:48.335-05:002010-10-22T08:08:48.335-05:00where I can go for my annual anne of green gables ...<i>where I can go for my annual anne of green gables marathon.</i><br /><br /><b>No worries -- PBS is a different type of evil from that Williams-firing-NPR, though the CPB funds both. </b><br /><br />Not sure we could defund one with out the other. Or that we should. <br /><br />Juan&#39;s statement is pretty interesting. He has been pissed at NPR about that Bush interview and he is probably thrilled to get a chance to bitch!Shannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15709594638793030086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56031954032835546692010-10-22T08:02:58.692-05:002010-10-22T08:02:58.692-05:00FLS:
Here is how it works:
Taxpayers give CPB $40...FLS:<br /><br />Here is how it works:<br />Taxpayers give CPB $400 Million. <br />CPB doles it out to public stations across the USA,<br />Public stations pay program fees and due to NPR!<br />So some of that $400 Million finds its way back to NPR. <br />Got it!AJ Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241724007440718575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42284028721927907352010-10-22T01:44:16.715-05:002010-10-22T01:44:16.715-05:00From the Daily Beast: NPR&#39;s Juan Williams Disa...From the Daily Beast: <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-10-21/nprs-juan-williams-disaster/" rel="nofollow">NPR&#39;s Juan Williams Disaster</a>:<br /><br /><i>His firing has backfired, handing Fox a victory and making Williams a symbol of liberal intolerance—on the very day NPR announced a grant from George Soros that it never should have accepted...<br /><br />And in a triumph of awful timing, yesterday was the day that NPR announced a new grant—$1.8 million from liberal philanthropist George Soros to hire 100 new reporters. No news organization should accept that kind of check from a committed ideologue of any stripe. Even if every journalist hired with the cash from Soros’ foundation is fair and balanced, to coin a phrase, the perception is terrible. (This New York Times story didn’t even mention Soros’ liberal views. The guy just gave a million bucks to Media Matters. Hello?) Oh, and NPR is in the midst of a fundraising drive. Good luck with that</i>.Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40247122744380885722010-10-22T01:35:43.071-05:002010-10-22T01:35:43.071-05:00NPR just looks left because Bruce has been program...<i>NPR just looks left because Bruce has been programmed by Rupert Murdoch</i>.<br /><br />I would say just the opposite - that it doesn&#39;t look leftist to many because they compare it to other mainstream media, such as NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, etc. It is only when compared to right-of-center media such as Fox, that the leftist bias of these different media organizations become apparent. <br /><br />And, yes, you need to look at what is reported, what is suppressed, and how it is spun. And, from all those, much of NPR has a leftist spin, and makes less of an attempt to compensate for that than some of the other leftist MSM outlets. <br /><br />If you want to say that you view Fox and NPR, and decide from that what is really happening, then fine, because the biases of the two outlets would go a fair ways towards balancing each other out - though I will still contend that Fox is much closer to the center than NPR, or the other alphabet MSM outlets are, giving liberals more voice than they give (real) conservatives.Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.com